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How do people find horse shares? (And is that what I need?)

  • 23-09-2020 9:39pm
    #1
    MichaelR
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭


    Hello,

    I'm in county Limerick, the Patrickswell area. I am originally from Russia, and while I'm in Ireland for over ten years, I definitely don't have enough of a real life social network sometimes :)

    I got "into horses" as an adult and was getting lessons for a couple of years now, along with my son (currently 9). We're both confident in the trot, starting to canter, did a bit of jumping but don't really like that.

    I'd like to progress beyond just lessons, to build a relationship with a particular horse, to do some care work (and get to know how to do it!), to learn to work with the horse "on the ground" too.

    When I looked into getting a horse, things seemed rather bleak on the upkeep side. I don't own any land, and livery at a yard costs extortionate money (over 100 Euro a week). Some people mention renting an acre or two, but I'm not sure how to find any, or whether it's a good idea to build a run-in shelter on rented land; besides, I don't really have the experience necessary for full-time care of a horse on a grass patch, nor a clear way to gain it.

    The care education courses I could find seem to be aimed at those seeking to enter the profession and the yards that I know just don't teach anything that is not riding, not to adults at least.

    So I am thinking a horse share would be a good way to progress, except I have no idea where to find that either. And I'm kinda in horse country - there are horses seen around, and while some are obviously TBs related to the racecourse, others are not. Maybe I should be talking to the owners but I don't know how to start that talk.

    Now, I'm 90 kg so would need a rather big horse if I could ride. However, I would even be open to a share of a smaller horse, so my son could ride it and I could get practice in horse care and in ground training. After all, I do still need the lessons, so I get some riding anyway - it's the other things that I miss entirely.

    (Ideally I'd get into *driving* too, with a buggy - but this is unpopular outside a rather insular community, so finding a teacher might be hard, let alone a horse share with this option. There seems to be a trainer in Cahir, from what I heard).

    So how do I go about this, or what else should I be doing?


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  • #2
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,475 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Can you put an ad up where you are getting lessons? The AIRC deal with adults of all standards, if there was a riding club near you, it might be worth joining, if there is the option of using a school horse. AIRC do horsemanship exams, as do the BHS


  • #3
    MichaelR
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭MichaelR


    The place where I get lessons is offering me a "horse rental" for 350 Euro a month instead; it basically means I get priority access to a selected horse at any time, though they can use it for lessons when I'm not there.

    I am not sure how to find a riding club apart from schools? The nearest school is Clarina. I don't go there because they are quite overbooked. Perhaps I should ask them if they would allow me to post an ad looking for a horse share but would such a request be seen as reasonable?


  • #4
    bertiebomber
    Registered Users Posts: 728 ✭✭✭bertiebomber


    there is a facebook horses for lease / share dublin maybe join it and find a limerick connection


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